Post by oneeyedscholar on May 6, 2009 15:10:16 GMT -5
NB: For ease of understanding, read Sabbat's profile first.
Name: William Archer
Gender/Sex: Male
Age: 35
Height: 6' 2
Physique: lean-ish build
Hair: long, black, pulled back into a ponytail
Eyes: Left eye missing. Right eye brown.
Clothing description: Usually a suit. When he's feeling more relaxed, slacks and a collared shirt.
Occupation: Researcher
Home City: Blackwork
Housing location: An apartment in Blackwork which he shares with Sabbat
Backstory: Archer is the second son of a wealthy family and as such, had the best education money could buy. After graduating with a first from Oxford, he married a girl he had met while there, and took a job as a research fellow in America. Tragedy struck three years later, when, while driving home from a conference, their car was involved in a major accident. Facing death, Archer's body somehow found agility far beyond that of a normal human, and he escaped almost unscathed (aside from losing his left eye). His wife, however, was not so lucky - she was killed instantly.
After leaving the hospital, the young widower sold the house he and his wife had bought and moved to a smaller apartment in an almost abandoned tenament near the university. And he was still living there when he was rudely awakened one evening by a man of about his age banging on the door and demanding aid. When it became obvious that his uninvited guest was badly injured, he attempted to call an ambulance, but was told in no uncertain terms that this was out of the question. Pressing the question, he found out that the injured man lying on his couch was in fact a government agent....or so he claimed.
It was not until some time later, when the stranger had left, that Archer discovered that the so-called 'agent' was in fact a wanted criminal. Unsurprisingly, their next meeting was not exactly what one would call conjugal, and the one after that even less so. After that, they were forced together when a certain someone decided that Archer was guilty of harbouring a dangerous fugitive. Seeing as this someone was not exactly within the law, this led to something of a problematic situation, from which he was extricated by Sabbat (as repayment for the debt incurred when Archer helped him).
This should have left the two of them square again - had Sabbat's actions not led to another situation in which Archer (almost accidentally) saved his life. This put the younger man in the other's debt (again), and after yet another round of repayments and new debts being incurred, they realised that there was something between them. It was not quite a friendship at that stage, but certainly something more than a business partnership, and in the years that followed it would indeed become first a friendship and later, tentatively, a relationship.
He and Sabbat are at the moment living together, and both in Mercury City (having left Blackwork temporarily for the sake of Archer's work and Sabbat's criminal record).
Other: Pale skin. Distinguishing marks: missing left eye and scarring around that area
Name: William Archer
Gender/Sex: Male
Age: 35
Height: 6' 2
Physique: lean-ish build
Hair: long, black, pulled back into a ponytail
Eyes: Left eye missing. Right eye brown.
Clothing description: Usually a suit. When he's feeling more relaxed, slacks and a collared shirt.
Occupation: Researcher
Home City: Blackwork
Housing location: An apartment in Blackwork which he shares with Sabbat
Backstory: Archer is the second son of a wealthy family and as such, had the best education money could buy. After graduating with a first from Oxford, he married a girl he had met while there, and took a job as a research fellow in America. Tragedy struck three years later, when, while driving home from a conference, their car was involved in a major accident. Facing death, Archer's body somehow found agility far beyond that of a normal human, and he escaped almost unscathed (aside from losing his left eye). His wife, however, was not so lucky - she was killed instantly.
After leaving the hospital, the young widower sold the house he and his wife had bought and moved to a smaller apartment in an almost abandoned tenament near the university. And he was still living there when he was rudely awakened one evening by a man of about his age banging on the door and demanding aid. When it became obvious that his uninvited guest was badly injured, he attempted to call an ambulance, but was told in no uncertain terms that this was out of the question. Pressing the question, he found out that the injured man lying on his couch was in fact a government agent....or so he claimed.
It was not until some time later, when the stranger had left, that Archer discovered that the so-called 'agent' was in fact a wanted criminal. Unsurprisingly, their next meeting was not exactly what one would call conjugal, and the one after that even less so. After that, they were forced together when a certain someone decided that Archer was guilty of harbouring a dangerous fugitive. Seeing as this someone was not exactly within the law, this led to something of a problematic situation, from which he was extricated by Sabbat (as repayment for the debt incurred when Archer helped him).
This should have left the two of them square again - had Sabbat's actions not led to another situation in which Archer (almost accidentally) saved his life. This put the younger man in the other's debt (again), and after yet another round of repayments and new debts being incurred, they realised that there was something between them. It was not quite a friendship at that stage, but certainly something more than a business partnership, and in the years that followed it would indeed become first a friendship and later, tentatively, a relationship.
He and Sabbat are at the moment living together, and both in Mercury City (having left Blackwork temporarily for the sake of Archer's work and Sabbat's criminal record).
Other: Pale skin. Distinguishing marks: missing left eye and scarring around that area